Bristol, England, July 18th 2007– Nanotech Semiconductor Limited (“Nanotech”), a fabless IC company specializing in advanced Analog & Mixed-Signal ICs for fiber based Communications applications, today announced a new breakthrough in CMOS TIA design, the NT24L50.

Building on over a decade of experience of Worlds firsts in pure-CMOS, the NT24L50 Transimpedance Amplifier offers Sensitivity of –32dBm at 1.25Gbps, and with only 28mA consumption. Overall performance is therefore superior to any existing TIA on the market, coupled with the lowest manufacturing costs only available on 0.18u ‘Logic’ CMOS, made at the world’s largest silicon foundry.

Applications for the NT24L50 include Gigabit Ethernet and GePON/Fiber-to-the-home. The IC requires a single 3.3v supply, and is pin-compatible with previous solutions, while on-chip filtering permits Bill-of-Materials cost reduction – no passive components are needed. Photodiode Monitor source/sink and output polarity are both bond-programmable, offering complete build flexibility.

Samples, datasheets and applications support materials are available now by contacting your local Nanotech Semiconductor Sales office or distributor, with production quantities available from Q3 2007.

Dr. Ya Nong Ning, Marketing Director for GOF products, added: “Until recently it was thought that the ultimate in Sensitivity performance required a lot of power consumption. On the contrary, at approximately 95mW, Nanotech’s breakthrough architecture offers one-third less power consumption than its nearest competitor. Most importantly, 95mW is below the threshold at which heat-management solutions are required, meaning significant space and cost savings, and higher reliability. All key issues for the Telecoms sector. Furthermore, this new architecture is rapidly extendable to 2.5Gbps and beyond”

Gary Steele, CEO, commented: “The R&D team are rightly proud to have again brought out a product which is, quite simply, the best in the World. The Optical communications market is still very hungry for these kinds of breakthrough products, and we are actively looking for more of the best IC designers in the world – and to train younger designers - so we can continue to satisfy our customers growing requirements”.